The Woman in the White Kimono
Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them.
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamuraās prearranged marriage would secure her familyās status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another manāan American sailorāand to marry him would bring great shame upon her family. When itās learned Naoko carries the sailorās child, she is cast out in disgrace, forced to make unimaginable choices with far-reaching consequences.
America, present day. Tori Kovac finds a letter containing a shocking revelation about her fatherāone that calls into question everything she understood about her family and herself. Setting out to learn the truth behind the letter, Toriās journey leads her halfway around the world to a remote seaside village in Japan, where she must confront the demons of the past to pave a way for redemption.
In breathtaking prose and inspired by true stories from a devastating and little-known era in Japanese and American history, The Woman in the White Kimono illuminates a searing portrait of one woman torn between her culture and her heart, and another woman on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamuraās prearranged marriage would secure her familyās status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another manāan American sailorāand to marry him would bring great shame upon her family. When itās learned Naoko carries the sailorās child, she is cast out in disgrace, forced to make unimaginable choices with far-reaching consequences.
America, present day. Tori Kovac finds a letter containing a shocking revelation about her fatherāone that calls into question everything she understood about her family and herself. Setting out to learn the truth behind the letter, Toriās journey leads her halfway around the world to a remote seaside village in Japan, where she must confront the demons of the past to pave a way for redemption.
In breathtaking prose and inspired by true stories from a devastating and little-known era in Japanese and American history, The Woman in the White Kimono illuminates a searing portrait of one woman torn between her culture and her heart, and another woman on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.
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Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them.
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamuraās prearranged marriage would secure her familyās status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another manāan American sailorāand to marry him would bring great shame upon her family. When itās learned Naoko carries the sailorās child, she is cast out in disgrace, forced to make unimaginable choices with far-reaching consequences.
America, present day. Tori Kovac finds a letter containing a shocking revelation about her fatherāone that calls into question everything she understood about her family and herself. Setting out to learn the truth behind the letter, Toriās journey leads her halfway around the world to a remote seaside village in Japan, where she must confront the demons of the past to pave a way for redemption.
In breathtaking prose and inspired by true stories from a devastating and little-known era in Japanese and American history, The Woman in the White Kimono illuminates a searing portrait of one woman torn between her culture and her heart, and another woman on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamuraās prearranged marriage would secure her familyās status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another manāan American sailorāand to marry him would bring great shame upon her family. When itās learned Naoko carries the sailorās child, she is cast out in disgrace, forced to make unimaginable choices with far-reaching consequences.
America, present day. Tori Kovac finds a letter containing a shocking revelation about her fatherāone that calls into question everything she understood about her family and herself. Setting out to learn the truth behind the letter, Toriās journey leads her halfway around the world to a remote seaside village in Japan, where she must confront the demons of the past to pave a way for redemption.
In breathtaking prose and inspired by true stories from a devastating and little-known era in Japanese and American history, The Woman in the White Kimono illuminates a searing portrait of one woman torn between her culture and her heart, and another woman on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.
